Proposal Manager

Your strong understanding of bidding / proposal practice, procurement processes and quality systems, and your creative and flexible approach to each activity, will help you to support my client as a Proposal Manager.

 

You will have the chance to work for a leading independent centre of engineering design, that provides consultancy and technical services for the defence, security, transport, and energy industries.

 

About the role

 

The Proposal Manager’s primary role is to manage and deliver high quality proposal responses, against the received requirements and changes to contract, within the context of the Engineering Delivery Partner (EDP) contract. This includes leading the task scoping and detailed pricing activities and working with our technical and resourcing teams to provide clear, concise, costed proposals in a timely manner.

 

You will work closely with the Senior EDP Commercial Manager, Head of EDP, the EDP Programme Manager, Business Lines, Project Managers and External Stakeholders. Day-to-day responsibilities will include:

 

• Manage and deliver high quality proposals addressing the client requirement, incorporating specific processes and templates applicable to the EDP contract
• Engage with EDP Partner companies and a wider network of providers as required, to agree delivery arrangements as part of the task scoping activity
• Plan, co-ordinate, and programme manage the task scoping and detailed pricing activities for the entire bid process for the respective bids
• Facilitate proposal workshops, organise meetings, provide briefings, and ensure that everyone involved in the proposal development exercise understands their role
• Collate, manage, and disseminate critical information that impacts proposal development
• Write compelling proposals in response to clients’ requirements
• Review and format proposal deliverables, providing a pre-submission control point to ensure quality and consistency of the final proposal outputs
• Work with EDP Commercial Partners to ensure compliance with the corporate processes, procedures, guidance, and record the approvals; accordingly, this also includes ensuring that the correct reviews are completed and documented
• Ensure delivery of compliant bids to agreed KPI dates
• Maintain records within the Management Information System (or equivalent software tool) within the given permissions to ensure that the information is current and correct

 

About You

 

To be suitable for the role, you will thrive on supporting work winning activities, and will take personal pride and responsibility for all aspects within your control. You must also meet the following minimum requirements:

 

• Strong, proven track record of proposal management / tender preparation
• Knowledge and understanding of the defence / engineering / consultancy industry or similar
• Demonstrable understanding of bidding / proposal practice, procurement processes and quality systems
• Able to write compelling proposals in response to clients’ requirements
• Able to engage people from different functions in order to jointly deliver bids
• Take immediate ownership of the proposal process
• Able to work collaboratively with clients, colleagues, senior management, EDP Partners and a wider supply chain
• Confidently deals with changing requirements
• IT Skills required in all Microsoft Office applications

 

Overview

 

• • Job Title - Proposal Manager
  • Location – Bath centred, with ability to work from home / remotely (Travel to client office on occasion, and occasional travel to UK Partner offices as required.
  • Salary - £45,000

 

Key Skills

 

• Proposal management / tender preparation
• Defence / engineering / consultancy industry or similar
• Bidding / proposal practice
• Procurement processes
• Quality systems
• Microsoft Office

 

Why apply?

 

Become part of a team that believes in hiring the best talent, from diverse backgrounds, who will introduce new and innovative ideas for their customers. As an Employee Benefit Trust, my client is independent of external stakeholders, and so has the freedom to put their people and their customers first. As proud holders of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Gold award, they advocate support to defence and the armed forces community,

 

In addition to the promotion of agile working, there is an excellent benefits package on offer

 

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet these criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

 

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to several high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

 

This role is a permanent position